Parents & Families
Parents & Families of Admitted Students
While students are the ones attending college, families play an important role in the selection and application process. Get informed about the details and your child will appreciate your expertise.
Applying is only half the college admission process. Once your student is admitted, there’s plenty left to do.
Commitment Deposit
This payment lets your selected college know that you plan to enroll at that institution. At TCU, admitted students who want to enroll must pay the $500 nonrefundable commitment deposit by May 1 at 5 p.m. (CDT). This is applied toward your student’s first bill and essentially acts as a first payment. The commitment deposit can be made:
- On the MyTCU Portal
- By calling the Office of Admission with a credit card number
- In person by delivering a check to TCU's Office of Admission
Health Records
The State of Texas Senate Bill 1107 requires all incoming students under the age of 22 to provide record of a meningitis vaccination administered within the past five years. Submitting your vaccination records to the TCU Health Center allows access to the housing application. Please ask your student’s pediatrician to use TCU's Official Form.
For more information, please visit TCU's Health Center.
Financial Aid
All students who submit the College Scholarship Service (CSS) Profile and FAFSA will receive a financial aid package. Financial Aid is a tile on the MyTCU Portal and contains information for all of the scholarship, grants and loans offered by TCU to your student. You can easily accept these offers on the portal.
If you’d like to talk to someone in Financial Aid anytime during the application or enrollment process, send them an email at financialaid@tcu.edu or give them a call at (817) 257-7858.
Housing
TCU requires all first-and-second year students to live on campus. But with the amenities and comfort provided by our residence halls, many prefer to live on campus for all four years.
Once admitted students make the commitment deposit and submit vaccination records, they'll be eligible to complete the housing application. There are opportunities to specify a roommate, or TCU is happy to match roommates based on responses from the housing application. We’ve been doing it for about 100 years, and we’ve gotten pretty good at matching roommates that result in lifelong friendships.
Extended housing is an opportunity that many students take advantage of as a way to save money. Three students become roommates instead of the traditional two, and as a result the cost of housing is reduced. During the summer, students may sign up for extended housing.
New Student & Family Programs
We're thrilled to welcome your family into our Horned Frog family. To help you navigate this exciting journey, we’ve created the New Student and Family Program website dedicated to incoming families. Here, you'll find resources for valuable information, ways to connect with fellow Horned Frog parents and opportunities to join of our vibrant community.
What’s next?
- Register for an Admitted Student Day (Experience TCU): Register to attend our exclusive admitted student day and see what makes the first-year experience extraordinary. We'll provide tours of residence halls and offer guidance on next steps as your student transitions to college life. Admitted students can register in their myTCU portal.
- Register for Orientation and Frog Camp: Learn about how these programs prepare your student for their TCU adventure. Students can register up to two guests to join them at Orientation, and we have programming just for families. Registration for summer Orientation and Frog Camp opens the last Tuesday in March in the myTCU portal.
- Save the date for events such as Family Weekend, Homecoming, and more!
Thank you for trusting us with your most precious resource. We can’t wait to see you on campus and welcome you into the Horned Frog Family.